Surname: Roger Forename(s): William Nationality: Scottish.
Poet. Pseudonym: “Daphnis.” Author information from Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for the poem “Wounder and Healer,” published on 22 November 1884, which
lists the poet as William Roger, of Hillhead Farm, Kilmarknock (NLS Dep 341/369).
The County Directory of Scotland 1882-1885 (R. Grant & Son, 1882) lists Hugh Roger, farmer, at this address (p. 264). William
might be his son. Nationality presumed from the address. (AC)